Black Narrows

Black Narrows 2026

Design Mark Steere Publisher Mark Steere Games
4.3 /10
BGG rating
2
Players
20–60
Minutes
5
Age

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About the Game

Black Narrows is played on a rectangular grid of size 2x2 or larger [each dimension is greater than or equal to 2], initially empty.

Two players take turns placing black stones onto unoccupied points on the board, one stone per turn.

After your placement, there must be an orthogonally interconnected path of unoccupied points, of length at least 1, connecting every pair of stones.

The last player to place a stone wins. In other words, if you don't have an available placement on your turn, you lose.

Design notesI wanted an impartial game with single stone placement on a rectangular grid, and which was invulnerable to mirroring. Black Narrows was a solution. Black Narrows borrows a concept from another of my games, Narrows (May 2026).

—description from the designer

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BGG ratings
6
BGG data
refreshed Oct 16, 2026
On LayerUp since
Oct 16, 2026